2010 Categoría Primera A season
The 2010 Categoria Primera A season was the 63rd season of Colombia's top-flight football league. Because of new sponsorship, it was officially called the 2010 Liga Postobón season.
Format
The Assembly of DIMAYOR established a new system of competition on December 10, 2009.Apertura
The First Stage of the Apertura was a single round-robin tournament in 18 dates. The top four teams at the end of this stage advanced to the semifinals an pitted into two ties: 1 vs. 4 and 2 vs. 3. The winners of the semifinals contested the finals.
Finalización
The Finalizacion was the same as the previous season.
Teams
| Team | City | Stadium |
| América | Cali | Pascual Guerrero |
| Atlético Huila | Neiva | Guillermo Plazas Alcid |
| Atlético Nacional | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| Boyacá Chicó | Tunja | La Independencia |
| Cortuluá | Tuluá | Doce de Octubre |
| Cúcuta Deportivo | Cúcuta | General Santander |
| Deportes Quindío | Armenia | Centenario |
| Deportes Tolima | Ibagué | Manuel Murillo Toro |
| Deportivo Cali | Cali | Deportivo Cali |
| Deportivo Pereira | Pereira | Hernán Ramírez Villegas |
| Envigado | Envigado | Polideportivo Sur |
| Independiente Medellín | Medellín | Atanasio Girardot |
| Junior | Barranquilla | Metropolitano |
| La Equidad | Bogotá | Metropolitano de Techo |
| Millonarios | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho |
| Once Caldas | Manizales | Palogrande |
| Real Cartagena | Cartagena | Jaime Morón León |
| Santa Fe | Bogotá | Nemesio Camacho |
Campeonato Apertura
The Liga Postobon I was scheduled to begin on January 31, 2010.First stage
Standings
Results
Semifinals
The four qualified teams from the first stage were placed into two semifinals labelled "Semifinal A" and "Semifinal B". Each semifinal was played on a home and away basis. The teams that made up each semifinal were determined by their first stage standings: Semifinal A was between the teams that finished 1st and 4th; Semifinal B was between the teams that finished 2nd and 3rd. The team in each semifinal that finished higher in the table played the second leg at home. The winner of each semifinal advanced to the Finals.Semifinal A
----Semifinal B
----Finals
----Top goalscorers
Source:Statistics
- Total goals: 457
- Longest winning streak: 6 games — Deportes Tolima
- Longest unbeaten streak: 10 games — Independiente Medellín ;La Equidad
- Longest losing streak: 8 games — Deportes Quindío
- Biggest home win: Once Caldas 5–1 Deportivo Pereira
- Biggest away win: Envigado 1–7 Independiente Medellín
- Highest scoring: Envigado 1–7 Independiente Medellín
Campeonato Finalización
First stage
Standings
Results
Cuadrangular semifinals
Group A
Group B
Finals
----Top goalscorers
Source:Statistics
- Total goals: 498 goals
- Longest winning streak: 5 games — Millonarios ; Deportes Tolima
- Longest unbeaten streak: 15 games — Once Caldas
- Longest losing streak: 7 games — Envigado
- Biggest home win: Millonarios 4–0 Real Cartagena
- Biggest away win: Real Cartagena 1–4 Deportes Tolima
- Highest scoring: Deportivo Cali 6–3 América
Aggregate table
Relegation table
Relegation was determined through an average of the points earn in the First Stages of the three season. For the purposes of the table, the 2009 Primera B winner entered with the same points as the team that was 16th in the beginning of the season. The team with the lowest average was relegated to the Categoría Primera B for the following season, and the team with the next lowest average played a playoff match against the 2010 Primera B runner-up.| Team | Relegation | |||||||
| 1 | Deportes Tolima | 108 | 159 | 126 | +33 | 179 | ' | - |
| 2 | Santa Fe | 108 | 145 | 118 | +27 | 173 | ' | - |
| 3 | La Equidad | 108 | 132 | 119 | +13 | 169 | ' | - |
| 4 | Independiente Medellín | 108 | 148 | 119 | +29 | 164 | ' | - |
| 5 | Deportivo Cali | 108 | 161 | 134 | +27 | 162 | ' | - |
| 6 | Junior | 108 | 162 | 130 | +32 | 161 | ' | - |
| 7 | Boyacá Chicó | 108 | 144 | 146 | −2 | 156 | ' | - |
| 8 | Atlético Nacional | 108 | 126 | 129 | −3 | 156 | ' | - |
| 9 | Once Caldas | 108 | 152 | 151 | +1 | 152 | ' | - |
| 10 | Atlético Huila | 108 | 148 | 151 | −3 | 146 | ' | - |
| 11 | Deportes Quindío | 108 | 120 | 140 | −20 | 137 | ' | - |
| 12 | Millonarios | 108 | 136 | 135 | +1 | 136 | ' | - |
| 13 | Cúcuta Deportivo | 108 | 98 | 112 | −14 | 134 | ' | - |
| 14 | América | 108 | 146 | 146 | 0 | 133 | ' | - |
| 15 | Real Cartagena | 108 | 136 | 160 | −24 | 133 | ' | - |
| 16 | Deportivo Pereira | 108 | 126 | 137 | −11 | 128 | ' | - |
| 17 | Envigado ' | 108 | 138 | 167 | −29 | 123 | ' | Relegation/Promotion Playoff |
| 18 | Cortuluá ' | 108 | 128 | 167 | −39 | 118 | ' | Relegated to the Primera B |
Rules for classification: 1st average; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th away goals for; 5th away goals against; 6th draw.